MrVilliam@lemmy.world to Memes@lemmy.mlEnglish · 10 months agoThis new baby gets ALL the attention!lemmy.worldimagemessage-square89fedilinkarrow-up1703arrow-down181
arrow-up1622arrow-down1imageThis new baby gets ALL the attention!lemmy.worldMrVilliam@lemmy.world to Memes@lemmy.mlEnglish · 10 months agomessage-square89fedilink
minus-squarerandy@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up23arrow-down2·edit-210 months agoForcing people to give up their language and culture can be considered cultural genocide. Cultural genocide is not included in the UN Genocide Convention, so the definition of cultural genocide is not universally agreed upon. But the UN Genocide Convention does include “Forcibly transferring children of the group to another group” in its definition of genocide, and Russia is not shy about their relocation and adoption programs, so we can pretty definitively say that Russia is committing genocide in Ukraine.
Forcing people to give up their language and culture can be considered cultural genocide. Cultural genocide is not included in the UN Genocide Convention, so the definition of cultural genocide is not universally agreed upon. But the UN Genocide Convention does include “Forcibly transferring children of the group to another group” in its definition of genocide, and Russia is not shy about their relocation and adoption programs, so we can pretty definitively say that Russia is committing genocide in Ukraine.